[users@httpd] Re: upgrade to 2.2.3 breaks .htaccess: "require directives present and no Authoritative handler"

[Count László de Almásy <ca...@gmail.com>]

I found the problem, and just to follow-up in case someone else is bit
by this --

The problem was that the 'mod_authz_user' module wasn't loaded.  On
Debian, I had to:

"ln -s ../mods-available/authz_user.load" from the mod-enabled
directory and restart apache, then things worked fine.  Why the Debian
package installs apache without enabling this module I have no
fracking idea.  Ugh.

On 11/4/06, Count László de Almásy <ca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> The following .htaccess file has been working for years under apache
> 2.0.x to password protect a directory:
>
> ------------------------------------------
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName "Password Required"
> AuthUserFile /www/faith.info/authfile
> ------------------------------------------
>
> Where the 'authfile' contains one line generated by the htpasswd
> program:
>
> ----------------------------------------
> count:gjPCIjHj9gjWQ
> ----------------------------------------
>
> I just upgraded to apache 2.2.3, and now it no longer works.  The
> message I get in my error log is the following:
>
> [Sat Nov 04 14:27:32 2006] [error] [client 172.18.3.15] access to /
> failed, reason: require directives present and no Authoritative handler.
>
> I've googled excessively for an answer, but have found none.  I've
> tried adding "Require valid-user" to the .htpasswd, but that does not
> help.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Cheers, László
>


-- 
Cheers, László

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